Last Week, Stars Embraced the Appeal of a Pretty Dress

In the week leading up to the Met Gala (and it’s subversive and ebullient camp dress code) the world’s most stylish kept it real and chic with far more straightforward choices. Prettiness was the unifying aspiration, and how lovely is that? Whether they chose darling florals, as Rowan Blanchard did in Brock Collection blooms for a Beverly Hills brunch, or a fluid take on animalia, as Sofia Coppola did in Prada, the effort was to zip and go, and dazzle quietly in the process. There is always clarity and confidence when one wears a beautiful, expertly constructed dress.

Or some elegant separates . . . at Chanel’s Resort show, held in Paris, Vanessa Paradis dazzled in a bouclé sweater and embroidered skirt. At Sally Singer’s pre-Met dinner at the Stonewall Inn, Kacey Musgraves shimmered in a tweed-and-sequins trousersuit from fellow guest Marc Jacobs. And two essential LBD appearances to note: Camille Rowe in gamine Christopher Kane and Lily Collins in Yves Saint-Laurent. Breathtaking.